"Good, good, good!" Ling Ze laughed heartily. Though he had long expected this, seeing Ma Shangsi truly prove so spineless still made a trace of contempt flash through his eyes.
He raised a hand. Blood Light surged fiercely across his palm, slowly gathering. After quite a while, a drop of crimson Treasure Blood, like a ruby, finally formed.
A hint of exhaustion and weakness unexpectedly appeared on Ling Ze's face.
It was also Lu Ye's first time personally witnessing another Blood Race Sacred Venerable condense their own Treasure Blood. Compared to himself, this Ling Ze fell short by far.
Ma Shangsi's gaze immediately latched onto that drop of Treasure Blood like a leech, greedy and unblinking.
This was the reaction an ordinary Blood Race should have had.
Ling Ze smiled faintly. "Take it. Refine it right here. This Venerable will protect you!"
Although Ma Shangsi had already agreed to become his Blood Attendant and there would be no mishaps or danger in refining the Treasure Blood, such a thing naturally had to be done under his very eyes. Before Ma Shangsi refined the Treasure Blood, Ling Ze could not possibly let him leave.
"Yes!" Ma Shangsi stepped forward several paces and respectfully accepted the ruby-like Treasure Blood from Ling Ze's hand. He then retreated, sat down cross-legged, and swallowed the Treasure Blood whole.
In the next instant, Blood Qi churned around him and spread in all directions. Within a short time, the entire main hall was shrouded in blood-red light, with intense energy fluctuations rolling out from within.
"Hmm?" Ling Ze, seated above, suddenly frowned. He vaguely sensed that something was not quite right. As a newly advanced Sunlight cultivator, Ma Shangsi's Blood Qi seemed excessively rich, which undoubtedly meant his foundation was exceptionally solid.
That alone would have been